Taylor Swift, on the other hand, so rapidly sold out her first set of dates at Staples Center, Aug. 23-24, that she has added another pair, Aug. 27-28. Those tickets, priced from $25 to $79.50 (not including fees), go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.

And, as expected, Eric Clapton will play a second night at Gibson Amphitheatre. I suggested it might go on sale as soon as the first gig, March 8, sold out, but instead Live Nation has held off putting up the March 9 show until Monday at 10 a.m. As before, tickets start at $106.25 and soar to $376, including fees. Los Lobos opens both nights.

Also coming to Gibson Amphitheatre are two surefire big sellers in Latin pop: the return of Luis Miguel on Jan. 29, $35-$276, on sale Friday at 1 p.m.; and the married Argentine duo of Amanda Miguel & Diego Verdaguer, Feb. 26, $47.10-$111.55, on sale now. Those prices include fees.

If you can't get in to see Slowhand's first night at Gibson, here's a classic-rock alternative: Jackson Browne, so impressive earlier this year at the Greek with his old pal David Lindley, will play a solo acoustic show March 8 at the Terrace Theater in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. Tickets, $41-$90.50, are on sale now. Also catch him March 9 at the Fred Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks, $66-$96.

Here's another additional date: Baltimore dream-pop duo Beach House will begin its stand at the Music Box in Hollywood on Feb. 16, now that the act's Feb. 17 show is sold out. The new date is on sale now, $22.

Also at the former Fonda Theatre: Against Me! with Cheap Girls and Fences, Jan. 30, $15; and French violinist and minimalist composer Yann Tiersen, March 11, $22.50. Both of those go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.

Josh Todd and the bad boys of Buckcherry have been tapped to headline the next Jägermeister Music Tour, which comes to the Grove of Anaheim on Jan. 21. Hellyeah, All That Remains and the Damned Things are also on the bill. Tickets, $35, are on sale Saturday at noon.

Also at the venue: a pairing of Christian pop stars Michael W. Smith and Amy Grant, Feb. 3. Those tickets, ranging from $50-$65 for seats to $125 for a VIP experience, are on sale Friday at noon. And speaking of such spiritual sounds, the Australian praise group Hillsong United is headed to Southern California to appear March 1 at Staples Center, $25-$45, on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Prices for both shows do not include fees.

The Church -- also from Down Under but not, despite its moniker, a sacred-music enterprise -- has something special planned for longtime fans. The group's Future Past Perfect Tour finds the Sydney quartet celebrating its history by performing not one but three of its 20 albums in one night: 1988's Starfish (the album that broke the band stateside, via the single “Under the Milky Way”), 1992's Priest=Aura and last year's Untitled #23, so named because it's the group's 23rd disc of original material, if you also count three EPs from the early '80s.

That presumably lengthy evening-with show is set for Feb. 2 at L.A.'s El Rey Theatre, $40. Also at the club: rockin', funny and acclaimed singer-songwriter Todd Snider, with Elizabeth Cook opening, Feb. 15, $25. Both shows go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.

And remember how iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove initially announced a California run from Santa Barbara to San Diego, all at relatively large theaters, then scrubbed the whole thing a week or two later? Right, well, now her handlers are aiming more modestly: the teen star will appear Feb. 24 at House of Blues Anaheim, $38.65, including fees. Greyson Chance will open.

Also at the Mouse House: The Glamour Kills Tour, a Chain Reaction presentation, featuring the Ready Set with the Downtown Fiction and We Are the In Crowd, March 25, $22.15, including fees. Both shows are on sale Friday at 10 a.m.

Photo, from the red-carpet arrivals for CMT's Artists of the Year ceremony, by Rick Diamond, Getty Images.

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